Christmas Catalog - Part 1

In keeping with the pre-Christmas season, we would like to present this year's Christmas offers, which we have carefully compiled for you. Discover 75 selected facsimiles of great masterpieces and small gems of book art as well as unique testimonies to history, including such works as the famous Speyer Pericopes, the elaborate Black Prayer Book of Galeazzo Maria Sforza and the impressive Queen Mary Atlas.

Codex Epistolaris Carolinus

Invaluable sources on early medieval politics and church history from the court scriptorium of Emperor Charlemagne: The most important documents on the relationship between the Frankish Empire and the Papacy

Cologne (Germany) — 9th century

Special Price: 279€

Formerly: 590€

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Bible of St. Paul Outside the Walls

The most magnificent and ornate illustrated Bible of the Carolingian period: the magnificent gift from Emperor Charles the Bald to the Pope, adorned with 24 full-page miniatures, 35 incipit pages, and 91 historiated initials

Scriptorium of Reims (France) — 870–875

Special Price: 7,999€

Formerly: 18,000€

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Leo Bible

Created by order of the imperial treasurer Leo Patrikios: the oldest Byzantine picture Bible, furnished with some of the earliest depictions of Christian saints and a captivating dedication miniature

Court Scriptorium, Istanbul (Turkey) — Ca. 925–950

Special Price: 899€

Formerly: 4,370€

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Royal Prayer Book for Otto III

Written entirely in gold on precious purple, probably commissioned by Empress Theophanu: the only surviving royal prayer book from the Ottonian period, decorated with full-page miniatures for King Otto III

Germany — 983–991

Special Price: 1,499€

Formerly: 2,980€

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Sacramentary of Warmund

Created for one of the most important benefactors of the 10th century and a close confidant of Emperor Otto III: the unique watercolor sacramentary for Bishop Warmund of Ivrea is richly decorated with gold initials

Ivrea (Italy) — End of the 10th century

Special Price: 1,799€

Formerly: 3,980€

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Pericopes of Henry II

Made at Reichenau by order of Germany's only canonized emperor: one of the most beautiful, splendid, and largest masterpieces of Ottonian illumination for Henry II

Monastery of Reichenau (Germany) — 1007–1012

Special Price: 249€

Formerly: 590€

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Salzburg Pericopes

70 golden miniatures and texts from the New Testament in an exquisite robe of 12 masterful ivory plates: a magnificent treasure of Ottonian illumination in every respect

Monastery of St. Peter, Salzburg (Austria) — Around 1020

Special Price: 2,699€

Formerly: 9,980€

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Gospel Harmony of Eusebius

19 beautifully illuminated canon tables of unique splendor as the highlight of a magnificent codex from Reichenau: Eusebius' work in an Ottonian masterpiece with expressive full-page miniatures and golden decorated initials

Monastery of Reichenau (Germany) — Second quarter of the 11th century

Special Price: 499€

Formerly: 1,280€

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Great Domesday Book

Not the "Last Judgment," but the creation of a tax base: the impressively extensive records for William the Conqueror concerning his subjects and their properties

Winchester (United Kingdom) — 1086–1087

Special Price: 2,999€

Formerly: 6,790€

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St. Alban’s Psalter

A sublime testimony to the heyday of the English Romanesque: a first-rate work of art, splendidly and masterfully illuminated with 42 full-page gold miniatures and over 200 artful decorated initials

St. Alban Abbey, London (United Kingdom) — 1123–1135

Special Price: 2,999€

Formerly: 11,200€

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St. Peter Pericopes from St. Erentrud

The beautiful Gospel manuscript with the most extensive picture program of the High Middle Ages: the life and work of Christ in 55 masterly miniatures in a gold-decorated masterpiece of Romanesque art

Monastery of St. Peter, Salzburg (Austria) — Around 1150

Special Price: 2,799€

Formerly: 7,980€

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Gospels of Henry the Lion

Auctioned for 32.5 million D-marks, it was the most expensive work of art in the world for a long time: an opulently illuminated masterpiece of the German Romanesque period, created for Duke Henry the Lion, the great rival of Emperor Barbarossa

Helmarshausen (Germany) — Around 1175–1188

Special Price: 4,899€

Formerly: 7,200€

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Ingeborg Psalter

The precious wedding gift for the Danish Princess Ingeborg and later unfortunate Queen of France: the stories of the Old Testament in golden miniatures from the transitional period from Romanesque to Gothic

Northern France — Ca. 1200

Special Price: 2,299€

Formerly: 5,980€

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Speyer Pericopes

A cover of precious stones and miniatures made of gold: an extraordinarily magnificent gospel book for feast days at the Speyer Cathedral, created by no less than eight talented illuminators

Speyer or Trier (Germany) — Around 1220

Special Price: 11,999€

Formerly: 24,800€

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Oxford Bible Pictures

The stories of the Bible in a radiant golden dress: a brilliant pictorial cycle by the virtuoso William de Brailles with a breathtakingly filigree, two-sided ivory carving in the book cover

Oxford (United Kingdom) — Ca. 1250

Special Price: 1,499€

Formerly: 2,980€

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Hildesheim Golden Calendar

A gold-decorated masterpiece of the so-called "Zackenstil": brilliant miniatures and stunning calendar medallions as a bridge from the Romanesque to the Gothic style, created in the prestigious Benedictine monastery of St. Michael in Hildesheim

Benedictine Abbey, Hildesheim (Germany) — Ca. 1250

Special Price: 499€

Formerly: 1,980€

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Codex of Medicine of Frederick II

Created for the inquisitive Staufer Emperor Frederick II: the state of medicine in the High Middle Ages in over 500 richly detailed miniatures of plants, symptoms, and treatment methods

Italy — 13th century

Special Price: 2,799€

Formerly: 6,000€

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The Homilies of Organyà

An early testimony of the rich culture of Catalonia and its diffusion in the 13th century: the oldest religious texts in the Catalan language, originally created for Tortosa Cathedral

Tortosa Cathedral (Spain) — 13th century

Special Price: 599€

Formerly: 2,400€

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Apocalypse of Lambeth Palace

One of the most beautiful Apocalypse manuscripts of the Middle Ages, possibly created for a woman: magnificent miniatures on golden backgrounds and haunting pen drawings of the Book of Revelation

London (United Kindgom) — 1260–1270

Special Price: 1,499€

Formerly: 3,980€

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Compilation of Oxford

A true unicum among medieval manuscripts: a blend of secular, religious, and practical texts written in Anglo-Norman French, Middle English, and Latin

Worcester (United Kingdom) — 1271–1283

Special Price: 299€

Formerly: 590€

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Roman de la Rose of Berthaud d'Achy

The tender rose as a symbol for the woman: perhaps the most famous and controversial allegorical romance novel of the Middle Ages illuminated with 93 gold-decorated miniatures by Berthaud d'Achy

Paris (France — Ca. 1280

Special Price: 1,999€

Formerly: 8,600€

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Peterborough Psalter in Brussels

Over 100 shining gold miniatures alongside azure and golden calligraphy: scenes from the Old and New Testaments, brought together in a single radiant picture cycle for the Abbot of Peterborough Abbey

London or Norwich (United Kindgom) — Around 1300

Special Price: 4,999€

Formerly: 8,850€

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Peterborough Bestiary

The whole variety of earthly fauna in bright colors and on golden backgrounds: over 100 animals and mythical creatures, often captured in dynamic motion in a magnificent Gothic bestiary

Peterborough Abbey / Cathedral (United Kingdom) — Ca. 1300–1310

Special Price: 999€

Formerly: 3,980€

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Codex Manesse

A unique treasure of German literature, medieval history, and Gothic illumination: the famous Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript with nearly 6,000 stanzas of courtly love lyrics and 137 full-page miniatures

Zurich / Lake Constance area (Zwitzerland) — After 1310 until ca. 1340

Special Price: 7,999€

Formerly: 12,800€

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Codex of St. George

Commissioned by Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi at the notoriously lavish papal court in Avignon: the dramatic legend of St. George, Slayer of the Dragon, in a magnificently illuminated missal

Italy and probably Avignon (France) — First half of the 14th century

Special Price: 3,499€

Formerly: 13,990€

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Book of Zwettl "Bear Skin"

Written in one of the oldest Cistercian monasteries in the world: one of the richest and most important sources on the history of the Kuenringer dynasty and Austria, named after its unusual binding made from the skin of a "sow-bear"

Monastery of Zwettl (Austria) — 1327/1328

Special Price: 1,999€

Formerly: 6,800€

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Cloisters Apocalypse

The terrifying events of the Apocalypse in charming miniatures of the Soft Style: a unique Apocalypse manuscript as a gold-shining and colorful treasure of the Channel School

Normandy (France) — Ca. 1330

Special Price: 1,499€

Formerly: 3,980€

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Divine Comedy - Florence-Milan Manuscript

One of the oldest copies of the Divine Comedy and Jacopo della Lana's influential commentary on Dante's magnum opus: the two reunited fragments from the Riccardiana and Braidense libraries

Veneto (Italy) — Second quarter of the 14th century

Special Price: 2,499€

Formerly: 5,980€

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Oldenburg Mirror of Saxony

A treasure of art and legal history: one of only four illuminated manuscripts of the first legal text in the history in the German language with valuable insights into the daily life of high medieval folks

Monastery of Rastede (Germany) — 1336

Special Price: 1,299€

Formerly: 3,700€

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Poem of Praise for King Robert of Anjou

Against the Avignon Papacy and for the reunification of Italy: a magnificent work of propaganda for Robert the Wise, King of Naples, and a testimony to the self-image of a medieval ruler

Southern Italy — Ca. 1340

Special Price: 1,999€

Formerly: 8,950€

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Biblia Pauperum Apocalypsis: The Weimar Manuscript

A unique Pauper's Bible from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and Paul in Erfurt: the intriguing Book of Revelation by St. John in equally captivating and refined full-page miniatures for laymen

Erfurt (Germany) — 1340–1350

Special Price: 799€

Formerly: 3,480€

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Corsiniana Mirror of Human Salvation

St. Francis of Assisi as a paragon of the Imitation of Christi: A unique combination of scenes from the saint's Vita and the Speculum as a Franciscan interpretation of the Christian story of salvation

Avignon (France) — Mid 14th century

Special Price: 1,799€

Formerly: 3,980€

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Astronomical Texts

Colored pen and ink drawings of stars, planets, and mythical figures: a masterpiece of the French Gothic in the tradition of the astronomical Aratea codex

France — 14th century

Special Price: 499€

Formerly: 1,490€

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Würzburger Liederhandschrift

Poems by Walther von der Vogelweide and Reinmar von Hagenau alongside the oldest surviving German cookbook: the second volume of a medieval housebook as one of the most important examples of Middle High German poetry

Würzburg (Germany) — Ca. 1345–1354

Special Price: 249€

Formerly: 490€

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WHERE? In our store in Regensburg's Old Town.

We have been running a specialist store for facsimiles for nearly 15 years in Regensburg's Old Town, just opposite the "Schottenportal" of the Romanesque Scots Monastery of St. Jacob at Jakobstraße 6.